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HENRY'CARPENTER, OF BRGOKLYN, E. D., NEW YORK. Lette/rs Patent No. 83,459, dated October 27, 1868; antedatefl 0ctober17, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt may concern: Y Beit known that I, HENRY CARPENTER., of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and improved Peach-Basket; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled` in the art. to

make and usepthe same, reference being had to the- 'accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitica-tion.l y

This invention lconsists in a novel manner of securing the v bottom in: the basket, wherebythe bottom is somewhat raised, so that it cannot come in Contact with theearth,.or any support on which the basket is placed.

This resnltis'attainedt'by having a ,hoop firmly secured in the lower end the basket for the bottom to rest upon,the lattorbeing strengthened bya hatten, and

Ln theaccompanying'sheetbfdrawings- Figure l is an inverted plan oi'a peaeh-basket p ro` vided with my improvement.

vliigure 2, a vertical section 'of the sanie, taken-in tl1elinex,g.l. 2 y K v Similar lvbttersof reference indicate corresponding part-s. y ,l

' A represents the splints which form the side ofthe basket; B B, the inner und outer top hoops; C, the exteriorlower hoop, and D the inner-lower hoop. All these hoops are iirmly seeured'in position by nails, or otherwise.

E represents the bottom, which is made ont of quite thin stuit, and is strengthened by a central hatten, a., secured to its under side by screws or nails,- b. This bottom, l, rest-s upon the hoop D, and the latter is notched to receive the ends of the batten a. The hoop D forms a fum support for the bottom, E, and in order to prevent the bottom being pushed upward within the basket, I secure it at each end of the hatten a by a wire, c, which wires pass through holes in the two lower hoops C D, and through the splints A, which are inline with the holesin said hoops, and through holes made in the bottom and the hatten.

By Athis improvement, the bottom of the basket is preserved from injury, not liableto be knocked into the basket, or broken, or split, by being let suddenly -downwhen illed, as the bottomv does not come in con- *I do not claim, broadly, a peach-basket provided with a raised or elevated bottom; but

I do claim as new, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent- Q' Securing the raised bottomofthe' peach-basket upon the inner hoop D by means of the central batt-en c let vinto said hoop at each end, beneath the bottom, and by the wires c and serews'b, allarranged as described, whereby'the bottom and batten are' raised above the lower edge ofthe lhoop D, and prevented from beingv knocked into 'the basket when the latter is inverted and used asa seat, as herein shown and described.A HENRY CARPENTER. Witnesses: y

WM. F. MGNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

